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PASS USDA FOR ASST SECY YUETTER
1. ON JUNE 14 THE COLOMBIA- US JOINT TECHNICAL TEAM ON
FMD PREVENTION AND CONTROL AGREED ON REPORT RECOMMENDING
ACTIONS NECESSARY TO FORM THE BASIS FOR EFFECTIVE FMD
PROGRAM IN CONNECTION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE DARIEN
HIGHWAY. THE MAJOR ELEMENTS ARE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS:
( SPANISH AND ENGLISH COPIES OF REPORT ARE BEING
HAND CARRIED TO WASHINGTON BY U. S. TEAM MEMBERS).
A. ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL PARK ALONG THE HIGHWAY
ROUTE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ONLY ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED
WITH DARIEN GAP HIGHWAY AND NORMAL PARK ACTIVITIES WILL
BE PERMITTED. NO OTHER CONNECTING ROADS WILL BE
CONSTRUCTED. ALL PEOPLE AND ANIMALS NOW LIVING WITHIN
THE PARK AREA EXCEPT INDIANS AND THEIR YARDED SWINE
WILL BE RELOCATED. ( THE TEAM WAS SHOCKED TO FIND THAT
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PAGE 02 BOGOTA 05054 182242 Z
WITHIN LAST NINE MONTHS NUMERIOUS SETTLERS HAVE
MOVED INTO THE PROPOSED PARK ALONG THE HIGHWAY ROUTE
AND HAVE PRACTICALLY REACHED THE BORDER WITH PANAMA. IT
WAS AGREED THAT THE PARK SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS INFLUX AND TO REMOVE THOSE
ALREADY THERE.)
B. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROTECTED FOREST ZONE ALONG THE
BORDER NORTH OF THE PARK. THIS ZONE WILL BE MAINTAINED
FOR STUDY OF FLORA AND FAUNA. ALL OTHER ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY WILL BE PROHIBITED AND NO LIVESTOCK OTHER
THAN YARDED SWINE KEPT BY INDIANS WILL BE ALOWED.
( PROTECTED FOREST DESIGNATION IS AN IMPROVEMENT
OVER PREVIOUS DESIGNATION OF THIS AREA AS A GENERAL
INTEREST ZONE. THE BOUNDARIES AGREED BY THE TEAM- LARGELY
EXCLUDE FARMS AND LIVESTOCK. EXCEPTION IS IN TIGRE
RIVER VALLEY WHERE THERE ARE ABOUT SIX FARMS ABOVE
RELEVANT 300 METERS ELEVATION LINE. THE TEAM AGREED EACH
FARM WOULD BE STUDIED INDIVIDUALLY WITHOBJECTIVE OF
RELOCATING THEM IF THEY CONSTITUTE A DANGER.
EXGENSIVE STUDY OF THIS ENTIRE AREA REVEALED THAT NATURAL
BOUNDARIES CONSTITUTE MORE FORMIDABLE OBSTACLE TO
MOVEMENT INTO PANAMA THAN PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED. EVEN
IN ASTI RIVER VALLEY THE TERRAIN IS RUGGED AND THE
LAST FARM LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES FROM THE BORDER.)
C. ESTABLISHMENT OF A FOREST RESERVE SOUTH OF THE PARK.
D. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AFTOSA ERADICATION PROGRAM
IN NORTHERN CHOCO ( AREA 1) . THE PROGRAM INCLUDES A
FORMULA WHICH, IF PROPERLY IMPLEMENTEJHN WOULD LIMIT
PRESENT CATTLE POPULATION TO A NATURAL GROWTH RATE
OF ABOUT 2 PERCENT ANNUALLY.
E. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPLEMENTARY AFTOSA ERADICATION
PROGRAM IN AREA ADJACENT TO NORTHERN CHOCO ( AREA 2).
F. ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT " MECHANISM" TO CONTROL
PROGRAMS IN AREAS 1 AND 2.
G. PROPOSED STRENGTHENING AND ACCELERATION OF THE
ANTI- AFTOSA CAMPAIGN IN AREA 3 ADJACENT TO AREA 2.
H. PROPOSED NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE U. S. AND COLOMBIA
WITHIN 30 DAYS ON (1) AN AFTOSA CONTROL AND PREVENTION
AGREEMENT AND (2) AN AGREEMENT ON THE COMPOSITION,
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 03 BOGOTA 05054 182242 Z
FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONTROL
MECHANISM.
2. THE TEAM PRESENTED ITS REPORT TO AGMIN VALLEJO
THE EVENING OF JUNE 14 WITH ITEM " F" AT THAT POINT
CALLING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT " COMMISSION" TO
" DIRECT AND EXECUTE" THE PROPOSED PROGRAM. U. S. MEMBERS
EXPRESSED VIEW THAT THIS JOINT COMMISSION SHOULD BE
COMPOSED OF COLOMBIAN AND U. S. MEMBERS, AND COULD
OPERATE SIMILARLY TO THE MEXICO- U. S. MODEL, WITH
PROVISION FOR OTHER COUNTRIES TO JOIN LATER AS APPROPRIATE.
VALLEJO EXPLICITELY REJECTED THE IDEA OF COLOMBIA- U. S.
COMMISSION OF THE MEXICO- U. S. TYPE ON GROUNDS IT WOULD
CAUSE GOC POLITICAL PROBLEMS IN PERIOD BEFORE NEXT
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND HE MENTIONED THAT FONMIN HAD
INDICATED SAME REACTION TO PROPOSAL. MOREOVER, HE SAID,
A JOINTLY ADMINISTERED PROGRAM WOULD ALSO CREATE A
SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEM WHICH WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE. HE
SUGGESTED THAT A COMMISSION PERHAPS UNDER PAHO AUSPICES
COULD BE CREATED OR THAT JOINT GROUP- SIMILAR TO PRESENT
JOINT TECHNICAL TEAM- COULD START THE PROGRAM AND HOLD
PERIODIC MEETINGS, WITH PROVISION FOR PRESENCE OF U. S.
TECHNICIANS. HE EMPHASIZED HOWEVER THAT IT MUST B E A
COLOMBIAN PROGRAM, COLOMBIAN ADMINISTERED. THE U. S.
TEAM EMPHASIZED IN VIEW OF POTENTIALLY TREMENDOUS COST
OF AFTOSA SPREADING NORTHWARD, SOME SORT OF FULL- TIME
U. S. PARTICIPATION WAS ESSENTIAL AND THOUGHT THAT DURING
DR. YEUTTERS MEETING WITH VALLEJO SUCH PARTICIPATION
HAD APPEARED ACCEPTABLE. VALLEJO RESPONDED THAT HE
DID NOT MIND U. S. TECHNICIANS ASSISTING THE PROGRAM, AS
CONFIDENTIAL
NNNNMAFVVZCZ
*** Current Handling Restrictions *** n/a
*** Current Classification *** CONFIDENTIAL

Raw content

CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 01 BOGOTA 05054 182242 Z
62
ACTION ARA-17
INFO OCT-01 ADP-00 SSO-00 NSCE-00 USIE-00 INRE-00 AID-20
AGR-20 EB-11 SS-15 NSC-10 L-03 CIAE-00 DODE-00 INR-10
NSAE-00 PA-03 RSC-01 PRS-01 HEW-08 RSR-01 /121 W
--------------------- 121503
O R 182045 Z JUN 73
FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8041
INFO AMEMBASSY PANAMA
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 1 OF 2 BOGOTA 5054
E. O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PAN, CO, EAGR, ETRN
SUBJECT: REPORT OF COLOMBIAN- US JOINT TECHNICAL
MISSION ON FMD CONTROL
REF: STATE 099748
PASS USDA FOR ASST SECY YUETTER
1. ON JUNE 14 THE COLOMBIA- US JOINT TECHNICAL TEAM ON
FMD PREVENTION AND CONTROL AGREED ON REPORT RECOMMENDING
ACTIONS NECESSARY TO FORM THE BASIS FOR EFFECTIVE FMD
PROGRAM IN CONNECTION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE DARIEN
HIGHWAY. THE MAJOR ELEMENTS ARE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS:
( SPANISH AND ENGLISH COPIES OF REPORT ARE BEING
HAND CARRIED TO WASHINGTON BY U. S. TEAM MEMBERS).
A. ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL PARK ALONG THE HIGHWAY
ROUTE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ONLY ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED
WITH DARIEN GAP HIGHWAY AND NORMAL PARK ACTIVITIES WILL
BE PERMITTED. NO OTHER CONNECTING ROADS WILL BE
CONSTRUCTED. ALL PEOPLE AND ANIMALS NOW LIVING WITHIN
THE PARK AREA EXCEPT INDIANS AND THEIR YARDED SWINE
WILL BE RELOCATED. ( THE TEAM WAS SHOCKED TO FIND THAT
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 02 BOGOTA 05054 182242 Z
WITHIN LAST NINE MONTHS NUMERIOUS SETTLERS HAVE
MOVED INTO THE PROPOSED PARK ALONG THE HIGHWAY ROUTE
AND HAVE PRACTICALLY REACHED THE BORDER WITH PANAMA. IT
WAS AGREED THAT THE PARK SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS INFLUX AND TO REMOVE THOSE
ALREADY THERE.)
B. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROTECTED FOREST ZONE ALONG THE
BORDER NORTH OF THE PARK. THIS ZONE WILL BE MAINTAINED
FOR STUDY OF FLORA AND FAUNA. ALL OTHER ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY WILL BE PROHIBITED AND NO LIVESTOCK OTHER
THAN YARDED SWINE KEPT BY INDIANS WILL BE ALOWED.
( PROTECTED FOREST DESIGNATION IS AN IMPROVEMENT
OVER PREVIOUS DESIGNATION OF THIS AREA AS A GENERAL
INTEREST ZONE. THE BOUNDARIES AGREED BY THE TEAM- LARGELY
EXCLUDE FARMS AND LIVESTOCK. EXCEPTION IS IN TIGRE
RIVER VALLEY WHERE THERE ARE ABOUT SIX FARMS ABOVE
RELEVANT 300 METERS ELEVATION LINE. THE TEAM AGREED EACH
FARM WOULD BE STUDIED INDIVIDUALLY WITHOBJECTIVE OF
RELOCATING THEM IF THEY CONSTITUTE A DANGER.
EXGENSIVE STUDY OF THIS ENTIRE AREA REVEALED THAT NATURAL
BOUNDARIES CONSTITUTE MORE FORMIDABLE OBSTACLE TO
MOVEMENT INTO PANAMA THAN PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED. EVEN
IN ASTI RIVER VALLEY THE TERRAIN IS RUGGED AND THE
LAST FARM LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES FROM THE BORDER.)
C. ESTABLISHMENT OF A FOREST RESERVE SOUTH OF THE PARK.
D. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AFTOSA ERADICATION PROGRAM
IN NORTHERN CHOCO ( AREA 1) . THE PROGRAM INCLUDES A
FORMULA WHICH, IF PROPERLY IMPLEMENTEJHN WOULD LIMIT
PRESENT CATTLE POPULATION TO A NATURAL GROWTH RATE
OF ABOUT 2 PERCENT ANNUALLY.
E. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPLEMENTARY AFTOSA ERADICATION
PROGRAM IN AREA ADJACENT TO NORTHERN CHOCO ( AREA 2).
F. ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT " MECHANISM" TO CONTROL
PROGRAMS IN AREAS 1 AND 2.
G. PROPOSED STRENGTHENING AND ACCELERATION OF THE
ANTI- AFTOSA CAMPAIGN IN AREA 3 ADJACENT TO AREA 2.
H. PROPOSED NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE U. S. AND COLOMBIA
WITHIN 30 DAYS ON (1) AN AFTOSA CONTROL AND PREVENTION
AGREEMENT AND (2) AN AGREEMENT ON THE COMPOSITION,
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 03 BOGOTA 05054 182242 Z
FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONTROL
MECHANISM.
2. THE TEAM PRESENTED ITS REPORT TO AGMIN VALLEJO
THE EVENING OF JUNE 14 WITH ITEM " F" AT THAT POINT
CALLING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT " COMMISSION" TO
" DIRECT AND EXECUTE" THE PROPOSED PROGRAM. U. S. MEMBERS
EXPRESSED VIEW THAT THIS JOINT COMMISSION SHOULD BE
COMPOSED OF COLOMBIAN AND U. S. MEMBERS, AND COULD
OPERATE SIMILARLY TO THE MEXICO- U. S. MODEL, WITH
PROVISION FOR OTHER COUNTRIES TO JOIN LATER AS APPROPRIATE.
VALLEJO EXPLICITELY REJECTED THE IDEA OF COLOMBIA- U. S.
COMMISSION OF THE MEXICO- U. S. TYPE ON GROUNDS IT WOULD
CAUSE GOC POLITICAL PROBLEMS IN PERIOD BEFORE NEXT
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND HE MENTIONED THAT FONMIN HAD
INDICATED SAME REACTION TO PROPOSAL. MOREOVER, HE SAID,
A JOINTLY ADMINISTERED PROGRAM WOULD ALSO CREATE A
SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEM WHICH WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE. HE
SUGGESTED THAT A COMMISSION PERHAPS UNDER PAHO AUSPICES
COULD BE CREATED OR THAT JOINT GROUP- SIMILAR TO PRESENT
JOINT TECHNICAL TEAM- COULD START THE PROGRAM AND HOLD
PERIODIC MEETINGS, WITH PROVISION FOR PRESENCE OF U. S.
TECHNICIANS. HE EMPHASIZED HOWEVER THAT IT MUST B E A
COLOMBIAN PROGRAM, COLOMBIAN ADMINISTERED. THE U. S.
TEAM EMPHASIZED IN VIEW OF POTENTIALLY TREMENDOUS COST
OF AFTOSA SPREADING NORTHWARD, SOME SORT OF FULL- TIME
U. S. PARTICIPATION WAS ESSENTIAL AND THOUGHT THAT DURING
DR. YEUTTERS MEETING WITH VALLEJO SUCH PARTICIPATION
HAD APPEARED ACCEPTABLE. VALLEJO RESPONDED THAT HE
DID NOT MIND U. S. TECHNICIANS ASSISTING THE PROGRAM, AS
CONFIDENTIAL
NNNNMAFVVZCZ
*** Current Handling Restrictions *** n/a
*** Current Classification *** CONFIDENTIAL